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jcxp.net - 08.06.2009Diablo III Hints?
Thanks to Shacknews for the heads up.
Diablo III is one of those
games that most people assume
has to be in development, but
has still yet to be announced.
Now, several Blizzard and
Diablo fan sites have hosted
an online chat interview with
Diablo novelization author
Richard A. Knaak containing
numerous tidbits suggesting
that a third main game in
Blizzard's acclaimed hack and
slash RPG series is on the
way. Some choice quotes:
Q - Medievaldragon:
How much of the book is
creation of yours, and how
involved is Chris Metzen
behind the canon storyline of
Diablo: The Sin War Trilogy?
Do you think the ramifications
of this book impact in the
storyline of Diablo 3 the
game?
A - Knaak: This is a
pure collaboration between
myself and Chris/Blizzard. All
that is written is passed by
him and the others there. This
will be canon and has adjusted
earlier info. The
ramifications here will be
used for any future
project...and I ain't writing
for a dead game.
Q - Deathshade|EU:
So... Diablo 3?
A - Knaak: I am not writing for a dead world...but a world with dead. nuff said
Sweet, Diablo III. Now all we need is Starcraft II and Warcraft IV!"Designed to be user-friendly, the new packaging is a small, hard, plastic container that's designed to protect the software inside for life-long use. It provides a convenient and attractive place for you to permanently store both discs and documentation.
The new design will provide the strength, dimensional stability and impact resistance required when packaging software today. Our plan is to extend this packaging style to other Microsoft products after the launch of Windows Vista and 2007 Office system."
Keep reading for a glimpse of the designs for yourself.
jcxp.net - 09.06.2009Facebook Enhances Searching
So, as I went to go searching today - I noticed that Facebook had updated the way we search, adding a few new features along the way. I was greeted with this lovely Facebook message at the top of the screen, and given a new layout to the search itself.
jcxp.net - 12.08.2009More 7022 goodness: Screenshot Gallery
Reports
have shown that police and
prosecutors have raided
Siemens AG in Munich and
Erlangen, Germany. The raid is
a part of an investigation
into acts of fraud suspected
at the company's fixed
networks business. Siemens AG,
the world's largest
electronics company was raided
by approximately 200 police,
prosecutors and tax inspectors
at around 30 locations, some
of them private homes.
A total of
ten Siemens employees, which
included top executives
Michael Kutschenreuter and
Andy Mattes, and two other
non-Siemens workers are still
undergoing investigation for
involvement in €20 million
(USษ.5 million) to front
companies and bank accounts in
"Whether and to
which degree these funds were
used for paying bribes must
still to be
investigated," said
Reports say that company executives created a secret slush fund with the purpose of paying bribes to secure contracts, customers and design-wins. The tactic, though illegal, is not uncommon in tech companies and may lead the way for several other investigations of the same manner.
neowin.net - 20.11.2006Running With Scissors Postal 3 Interview
How have you felt
about the response to the
series from the media, and
censorship bodies?
In the early days
I was totally surprised, I
mean we had the US Government
taking us to court, we had
Sen. Lieberman calling us out
on the US Senate floor, not to
mention endless groups calling
for our castration. But I'm
really glad how, over time,
most our of early critics have
come to realize that we really
are about mature humor, and
not reckless violence. The
only thing that still drives
me nuts is when a critic or
reviewer actually tells me
they haven't played Postal, or
even seen it, and they go on
and write a negative or
misleading story or uneducated
review.
Why have you decided
to go with Valve's Source
engine for the third game,
rather than continuing to use
the Unreal engine?
We believe that the
Source engine will be a much
better fit for the type of
game that Postal III
will be.
Why have you decided
to bring the series to the
console market, and what do
you think this will add to the
game?
We've always wanted to bring
Postal to
console. You have to remember
that Running With Scissors is
a small indie studio, and we
operate like a club, so it
made sense for us to find the
right partner, and I'm very
glad that we're now working
with Akella. Clearly, Source
and Xbox 360 are the basis and
key motivators in our design
and overall direction for
Postal III.
One thing we will be offering
is multiplayer right from the
start - it won't be an
add-on.
neowin.net - 27.10.2006Zune HD on-screen keyboard and browser caught on camera
jcxp.net - 11.08.2009Opera Boycott: Spreading the word!
Just a quick post here for those of you looking for some images to support the Opera Boycott and spread the word, feel free to use any of the following if you'd like:
jcxp.net - 16.06.2009Harry Potter style newspapers to become a reality
We are probably all aware of what a Harry Potter style newspaper looks like (The Daily Prophet). Moving images on the page, playing out a newsworthy
scene or a wanted poster. Such newspapers are surely that of fantasy, right? Not according to BBC News. Appearing in the September 18th editions of
Entertainment Weekly in Los Angeles and New York, slim-line screens will be embedded into the printed pages to offer video in these paper magazines.
The technology is similar to that of singing greeting cards, as the chips that store the video (up to 40 minutes worth) are activated upon a page
turn.
Read full story.....
neowin.net - 22.08.2009Confirmed: OS X 10.5.7 Recognizes DFU Mode
jcxp.net - 15.05.2009Intel and Ultrasuede create
Intel and Ultrasuede
decided many notebooks look
way to boring so they have
collaborated on creating a
design concept of a
ultrafasionable notebook. The
unique result of their
collaboration is a laptop
design that screams chic,
featuring Ultrasuede to
deliver a unique and luxurious
personal touch to mobile
computing, along with the
performance, mobility and
wireless computing
capabilities provided by Intel
Centrino mobile
technology.
They feature ultra
micro-fiber Ultrasuede fabric
integrated directly into the
casing of Intel Centrino
mobile technology-based laptop
PCs, changing not only the
look but also the feel of the
system. Intel Centrino mobile
technology trims weight off a
traditional laptop PC and
provides wireless
communications features with
great battery life, while the
unique Ultrasuede design
appeals to consumers??? sense
of style, providing a
sophisticated, personalized
approach to tote-able,
go-everywhere
technology.
As
laptop PCs have become smaller
and more mobile, people are
conscious of what they say
about personal style. A recent
Intel/Ultrasuede Laptop Style
Study1 found that 73 percent
of U.S. adult computer users
want to buy technology
products that reflect their
personal style, and 76 percent
of those computer users who
admit to glancing at someone
else???s laptop PC are
checking out its style or
design. ..
winbeta.org - 29.11.2005The CSS Corner: Alternate Style Sheets
As publishing and layout standards for web documents, HTML 4.01 and CSS 2.1 define relatively few user experience requirements for browsers. One of
them, however, mandates the ability for end users to switch among a set of mutually exclusive document styles defined by the author. This feature is
known as alternate style sheets. Significantly, the end user must also be able to turn off all styling.
Unfortunately, Internet
Explorer did not expose this feature in the user interface until IE8 Beta 2...
winbeta.org - 17.12.2008Showcase: Aero Xtreme 7 XP (Developed by InTime Applications)
jcxp.net - 05.09.2009Updated "Unofficial" System Requirements For Crysis
Crysis-Online
has the "unofficial" updated
minimum and recommended system
requirements for the upcoming
mega-smash hit Crytek
masterpiece Crysis. Wow,
that's a mouthful eh? Check
these out.
Minimum
Requirements
Iâ€
™m Jeremy Mazner, Group
Manager of the Windows Vista
platform evangelism team (the
same folks behind www.seewindowsvista.co
m), we
make sure early adopters of
the Windows Vista platform
have the information they need
about UAC. While
we most often work 1:1 with
partners, we recently asked
Ian
Griffiths to
record some short screencasts
to share this information with
the dev community at
large. Check
out How To: Tell Vista's
UAC What Privilege Level Your
App Requires
(24 minutes, but worth it!)
and How To: Use Vista's
UAC Feature To Avoid Always
Requiring Admin
Rights (18
minutes) to see Ian walk
through the code needed to
embed a UAC manifest, and
refactor an application so
that the main executable runs
as standard user, and calls an
elevated COM object when it
needs to do administrative
tasks.
(An
d if you’re doing Windows
Vista development, you might
also enjoy How To: Use Vista's
Power Management APIs to Be A
Good Laptop
Citizen and
How-to: Query Vista
Search From Your
App)
-
Jer
emy
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